AT&SF mail train number 7 hustles at 70 MPH, with 16 cars, east of Newton Kansas, on August 21st 1958. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

AT&SF train 12, The Chicagoan, is seen east of Newton Kansas on January 21st 1939. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

SKOL 4246 leads a southbound local through South Wichita Junction on its way out of downtown

BNSF 3280 awaits to bring the Q LACNSA out of Wellington after receiving a fresh crew for the run up the Emporia Subdivision to Kansas City

UP 4009 leads a loaded grain drag south onto the Enid Subdivision on its way out of downtown Wichita

DODGE CITY KS June 15 1979 — Santa Fe GP39-2 3613 awaits an assignment as it rests on the turntable. My photo.

When a snowstorm forced me to change my routing on a drive from LA to Philadelphia, I found myself in Dodge City, KS, where I found this 45t and two ex Missouri Pacific dome cars (painted for thei... (more)

BNSF 166 is near the BNSF Shops waiting for a possible new coat of paint with other former Santa Fe power. Note the unit behind in primer paint.

KANSAS CITY KS May 2 1982 -- Norfolk and Western SD39 1502 leads a UP mixed freight with the Kansas City skyline as a backdrop.

A KCS local pulls a box car and a string of empty centerbeams at S. Blue Valley.

ATSF E6 number 12 leads a seven car train 12, The Chicagoan, near Wichita Kansas in 1940. Otto Conrad Perry photo from my collection.

KAW JUNCTION KS March 11 1989 — As the fireman doffs his ball cap UP C30-7 2444 and MOP U23B 2266 round a curve with high-wide loads and a mixed freight. My photo.

BN GP39M 2819 (former CB&Q GP30 941), BN GP39M 2801 (former UP GP30 827) Santa Fe C30-7 8072 in merger paint scheme and BN GP39M 2822 (former GN GP30 3012) at Kansas City, KS on December 20, 1... (more)

A southbound BNSF local passes through old town Lenexa on a cloudy Saturday morning

Bnsf 7162 takes H-MEMKCK east through Holiday Ks,